OF WASHINGTON, VOLUME XII, I'.Un. 131 



Family EPHYDRID^. 



Hydrellia atroglauca, new species. 



Recognizable by the picture of the abdomen. Front greenish gray, 

 face white pruinose, cheeks very narrow; antenna- brown, base of the 

 third joint yellow in the male; proboscis brown, the palpi yellow. Body 

 black, mesonotum and scutellum rather thinly olive-gray pruinose, the 

 pleura light bluish gray, dorsum of abdomen opaque brownish black, 

 the broad lateral and apical margins in the male, but only the hind 

 corners of the segments and apex of the abdomen in the female, also 

 the venter in both sexes, light bluish-gray pruinose. Legs black: in the 

 female the front trochanters, all tarsi, and both ends of the tibia* are 

 yellow. Halteres yellow. Wings hyaline, apex of second vein at about 

 three-fifths of distance from tip of first to that of third vein. 



Length, slightly over 2 mm. 



Biscayne Bay, Florida. One male and two females collected 

 by Mrs. Annie T. Slosson. 



Type: No. 13101, U. S. National Museum. 



Hydrella cruralis, new species. 



Distinguished by the strikingly bicolorous legs. Front brown, face 

 yellow pruinose, cheeks very narrow; antennas brown, base of the third 

 joint yellow; mouthparts yellow. Body green, thinly gray pruinose, more 

 dense on the pleura. Legs black, the tibire and tarsi, except last joint 

 of the latter, also the front trochanters, yellow. Wings hyaline, apex of 

 second vein at about two-thirds of distance from tip of the first to that of 

 the third vein. Halteres yellow. 



Length, slightly over 2 mm. 



Riverton, New Jersey. A female specimen collected in 

 September, 1909, by Mr. H. S. Harbeck. 

 Tvpe: No. 13102, U. S. National Museum. 



Family AGROMYZID.E. 



Phytomyza clemativora, new species. 



Near palliata, but the mesonotum is marked with four brown vitt.r, 

 etc. Yellow, an ocellar dot and the third antennal joint black, four 

 brown vittir on the mesonotum, the median pair scarcely extending be- 

 hind its middle. Body somewhat polished. 



Length, 1 mm. 



Brownsville, Texas. Two specimens, bred from Clematis 

 by Messrs. McMillan and Marsh. 

 " T\'pc: No. 13103, U. S. National Museum. 



